Visual camera bearing structure

ABSTRACT

A visual camera bearing structure includes: a shaft body, having a top end portion and bottom end portion; a through hole, configured inside the shaft body, one end of the through hole being in communication with the bottom end portion of the shaft body, another end thereof the top end portion of the shaft body, and the top end portion formed with a lens barrel accommodation opening; and a barrel lens support having a larger diameter, configured on an outer peripheral wall of the top end portion of the shaft body. Whereby, the barrel lens support is allowed to support the lens accommodation portion having a large area stably, thereby overcoming the condition of conventional visual cameras being difficult to be configured with a barrel lens having a large area.

(a) TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a visual camera bearing structure,especially for visual camera that sense external images, and moreparticularly to a visual camera bearing structure capable of supportingbarrel lens of a large area, and to a lens seat, shaft body, barrel lenssupport, a lens barrel and lens accommodation portion having a largearea of the visual camera bearing structure.

(b) DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Visual cameras applied on electronic products such as monitors, cameras,video cameras, mobile phones and computers are usually used with a lensbarrel arranged in groups with a filter and image sensing chip to senseand capture external images, and the images are then converted to dataso as to be displayed on a screen, which has already been a prior art.

In conventional visual cameras, the lens 3 a, image sensing chip 4 a andfilter 5 a mentioned above, as FIG. 1 shows, are mainly accommodated ina lens seat 1 a, and the top of the lens seat 1 a has a shaft body 2 a,the top of which is in communication with the lens seat 1 a through athrough hole 23 a; the lens barrel 3 a is installed inside the throughhole 23 a at the top end portion of the shaft body 2 a, allowing thelens inside the lens barrel 3 a to correspond to the filter 5 a andimage sensing chip 4 a inside the lens seat 1 a through the through hole23 a. Therefore, the image sensing chip 4 a can sense and captureexternal images through the filter 5 a, through hole 23 a and the lensof the lens barrel 3 a.

However, conventional lens barrels 3 a all are a cylindrical body havingthe same diameter at both ends. To enable the lens barrel 3 a to beinstalled inside the through hole 23 a, the lens inside the lens barrel3 a must be smaller than the lens barrel 3 a and through hole 23 a inarea, causing the conventional visual cameras difficult to be configuredwith a large area of lens inside the lens barrel 3 a.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To overcome the defects mentioned above, the present invention isproposed.

The present invention proposes a visual camera bearing structure,including: a shaft body, having a top end portion and bottom endportion; a through hole, configured inside the shaft body, one end ofthe through hole being in communication with the bottom end portion ofthe shaft body, another end thereof the top end portion of the shaftbody, and the top end portion formed with a lens barrel accommodationopening; and a barrel lens support having a larger diameter, configuredon an outer peripheral wall of the top end portion of the shaft body.

According to the visual camera bearing structure, an inside of the lensbarrel accommodation opening is configured with a lens barrel, two endsof the lens barrel are respectively configured with a base capable ofbeing placed in the lens barrel accommodation opening and a lensaccommodation portion exposed out of the lens accommodation opening, thearea of the lens accommodation portion is larger than the one of thebase, allowing an outer ring edge portion of the lens accommodationportion to be radially extended to correspond to the barrel lenssupport, and the outer ring edge portion of the lens accommodationportion is attached to the barrel lens support.

According to the visual camera bearing structure, an outer rim of thelens barrel accommodation opening is configured with a raised ring, andthe outer ring edge portion of the lens accommodation portion an annulargroove combinable with the raised ring corresponding to the raised ring.

According to the visual camera bearing structure, a positioning adhesivereceiving groove is configured on an inner wall of the through hole, andviscose or UV glue is filled between the positioning adhesive receivinggroove and lens barrel.

According to the visual camera bearing structure, the bottom end portionof the shaft body is configured on a lens seat, one end of the throughhole is in communication with an inside of the lens seat, and the insideof the lens seat is formed with an image chip accommodation groove.

According to the visual camera bearing structure, an image sensing chipand filter are configured inside the image chip accommodation groove,allowing the filter to be positioned between the lens barrel and imagesensing chip.

According to the visual camera bearing structure, the lens seat or shaftbody is configured with an elastic clip capable of holding an electricline.

According to the visual camera bearing structure, the barrel lenssupport is an annular plate.

Whereby, the barrel lens support supporting stably the lensaccommodation portion having a large area improves the combination,positioning and supporting effects of the lens seat and shaft body tothe lens barrel having a lens of a large area, and overcomes thecondition of conventional visual cameras being difficult to beconfigured with a barrel lens having a large area.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an exemplary conventional visualcamera;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is a exploded cross-sectional view of a lens seat, shaft body andlens barrel shown in FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a lens seat, shaft body and lensbarrel shown in FIG. 3 while in combination with one another.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 2 to 4, a visual camera bearing structure of thepresent invention, in a preferred embodiment, includes a lens seat 1,shaft body 2 and lens barrel 3, where the shaft body 2 has a top endportion 21 and bottom end portion 22; the bottom end portion 22 isconfigured on the top of the lens seat 1, and inside the shaft body 2 isconfigured a through hole 23, one end of which is in communication withthe bottom end portion 22 of the shaft body 2 and the inner part of thelens seat 1. Furthermore, an image chip accommodation groove 11 isformed inside the lens seat 1, and another end of the through hole 23 isin communication with the top end portion 21 of the shaft body 2, onwhich a lens barrel accommodation opening 24 is formed. In addition, animage sensing chip 4 and filter 5 are configured on the image chipaccommodation groove 11, allowing the filter 5 to be positioned betweenthe lens barrel 3 and image sensing chip 4.

In a preferred embodiment, the outer peripheral wall of the top endportion 21 is configured with a barrel lens (a lens in a lens barrel)support 25 having a larger diameter, which may be an annular plate. Thebottom of the lens barrel 3 is configured with a base 31 installable inthe lens barrel accommodation opening 24, and the top thereof may beconfigured with a lens accommodation portion 32 exposable out of thelens barrel accommodation opening 24, allowing the lens barrel 3 to beconfigured in the lens barrel accommodation opening 24 through the base31; a large area of lens is accepted inside the lens accommodationportion 32, and the areas (cross-sectional areas) of the lensaccommodation portion 32 and lens therein all are larger than the area(cross-sectional area) of the base 31, allowing an outer ring edgeportion 321 of the lens accommodation portion 32 to be extended radiallyto correspond to the barrel lens support 25, and the bottom face of theouter ring edge portion 321 of the lens accommodation portion 32 to beattached to the top face of the barrel lens support 25.

It can be understood that the barrel lens support 25 formed by radiallyextending the outer peripheral wall of the top end portion 21 of theshaft body 2 can be used to support stably the lens accommodationportion 32 having a larger diameter configured on the top end portion ofthe lens barrel 3 for the accommodation of a lens having a large area sothat the lens accommodation portion 32 and the lens having a large areatherein can also be combined with and drawn close to the barrel lenssupport 25 without causing the lens barrel 3 to be loose or resulting invisual focal length deviation even if the lens barrel 3 is subjected toexternal shock, vibration or shaking, thereby improving the combination,positioning and supporting effects of the lens seat 1 and shaft body 2to the lens barrel 3 having a large area of lens.

Referring FIGS. 2 to 4 again, the outer rim of the lens barrelaccommodation opening 24, in a viable embodiment, is configured with araised ring 241, and the bottom face of the outer ring edge portion 321of the lens accommodation portion 32 is configured with an annulargroove 322 combinable with the raised ring 241 corresponding to theraised ring 241; the annular groove 322 of the outer ring edge portion321 of the lens accommodation portion 32 can be positioning combinationwith the raise ring of the lens barrel accommodation opening 24 when theouter ring edge portion 321 of the lens accommodation portion 32 isattached to the top face of the barrel lens support 25, furtherimproving the combination and positioning effects of the lens seat 1 andshaft body 2 to the lens barrel 3.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the inner annular wall of the through hole23, in another viable embodiment, is configured with a positioningadhesive receiving groove 231 in communication with the lens barrelaccommodation opening 24; viscose or UV glue can be filled between thepositioning adhesive receiving groove 231 and lens barrel 3 when thebase 31 of the lens barrel 3 is placed in the lens barrel accommodationopening 24, thereby sticking and fixing quickly, simply the base 31 ofthe lens barrel 3 in the lens barrel accommodation opening 24.

In a further viable embodiment, the lens base 1 or shaft body 2 isconfigured with an elastic clip 12, where the elastic clip 12 isextended out from the bottom end portion 22 of the shaft body 2 towardone side of the lens base 1, capable of holding a power line 6 or imagedata transmission line 6 of the visual camera, and positioning itbetween the elastic clip 12 and the outer wall (or top face) of the lensseat 1, thereby retaining the electric line 6 simply and conveniently.

1. A visual camera bearing structure, comprising: a shaft body, having atop end portion and bottom end portion; a through hole, configuredinside said shaft body, one end of said through hole being incommunication with said bottom end portion of said shaft body, anotherend thereof said top end portion of said shaft body, and said top endportion formed with a lens barrel accommodation opening; and a barrellens (a lens in a lens barrel) support having a larger diameter,configured on an outer peripheral wall of said top end portion of saidshaft body; wherein an inside of said lens barrel accommodation openingis configured with a lens barrel, two ends of said lens barrel arerespectively configured with a base capable of being placed in said lensbarrel accommodation opening and a lens accommodation portion exposedout of said lens accommodation opening, the area of said lensaccommodation portion is larger than the one of said base, allowing anouter ring edge portion of said lens accommodation portion to beradially extended to correspond to said barrel lens support, and saidouter ring edge portion of said lens accommodation portion is attachedto said barrel lens support; an outer rim of said lens barrelaccommodation opening is configured with a raised ring, and said outerring edge portion of said lens accommodation portion an annular groovecombinable with said raised ring corresponding to said raised ring. 2.(canceled)
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 4. The structure according to claim 1, whereina positioning adhesive receiving groove is configured on an inner wallof said through hole, and viscose or UV glue is filled between saidpositioning adhesive receiving groove and lens barrel.
 5. The structureaccording to claim 1, wherein a positioning adhesive receiving groove isconfigured on an inner wall of said through hole, and viscose or UV glueis filled between said positioning adhesive receiving groove and lensbarrel.
 6. The structure according to claim 1, wherein a positioningadhesive receiving groove is configured on an inner wall of said throughhole, and viscose or UV glue is filled between said positioning adhesivereceiving groove and lens barrel.
 7. The structure according to claim 4,wherein said bottom end portion of said shaft body is configured on alens seat, one end of said through hole is in communication with aninside of said lens seat, and said inside of said lens seat is formedwith an image chip accommodation groove.
 8. The structure according toclaim 5, wherein said bottom end portion of said shaft body isconfigured on a lens seat, one end of said through hole is incommunication with an inside of said lens seat, and said inside of saidlens seat is formed with an image chip accommodation groove.
 9. Thestructure according to claim 6, wherein said bottom end portion of saidshaft body is configured on a lens seat, one end of said through hole isin communication with an inside of said lens seat, and said inside ofsaid lens seat is formed with an image chip accommodation groove. 10.The structure according to claim 7, wherein an image sensing chip andfilter are configured inside said image chip accommodation groove,allowing said filter to be positioned between said lens barrel and imagesensing chip.
 11. The structure according to claim 8, wherein an imagesensing chip and filter are configured inside said image chipaccommodation groove, allowing said filter to be positioned between saidlens barrel and image sensing chip.
 12. The structure according to claim9, wherein an image sensing chip and filter are configured inside saidimage chip accommodation groove, allowing said filter to be positionedbetween said lens barrel and image sensing chip.
 13. The structureaccording to claim 7, wherein said lens seat or shaft body is configuredwith an elastic clip capable of holding an electric line.
 14. Thestructure according to claim 8, wherein said lens seat or shaft body isconfigured with an elastic clip capable of holding an electric line. 15.The structure according to claim 9, wherein said lens seat or shaft bodyis configured with an elastic clip capable of holding an electric line.16. The structure according to claim 1, wherein said barrel lens supportis an annular plate.
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